Powdered Alcohol Exists, and Here's Everything You Need to Know About It Lisa Freedman - Men's Health
go to original June 29, 2015

The Truth About Palcohol (Palcohol)

Want to turn water into rum? Great news: You’ll be able to by the end of the summer! Well, probably.

Lately, people have been talking about Palcohol, or powdered alcohol. The boozy powder was invented in the name of convenience: An active outdoorsman, creator Mark Phillips wanted to enjoy a drink after an excursion but didn’t want to lug heavy bottles of liquor with him.

Phillips spent years tinkering and working with scientists to create the perfect recipes. The result: Five small, easy-to-transport packets filled with patent-pending powder. Mix the contents of each packet with 6 ounces of liquid (water, soda, or juice), and you have rum, vodka, a cosmopolitan, a lemon drop, and a margarita-ish drink.

One pack, which will be sold for $3.99 (to adults 21 and over, of course), is equivalent in alcohol content to one shot. And at just 80 calories, the powder is around 17 fewer calories than a shot of liquid vodka or rum.

Sounds cool, right? Some people don’t think so. While the Alcohol Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau approved the Palcohol labels, and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) reported that the non-alcoholic ingredients complied with regulations, the states still have a say - and many of them are prohibiting the stuff.

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